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            <description><![CDATA[The International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) Commission Report on Financial Institutions and International Arbitration found that many financial institutions surveyed had limited arbitration experience and no formal policy governing when it should be used. Yet as transactions become more international, the choice of dispute resolution mechanism increasingly affects enforcement, cost and recovery. Arbitration should not replace litigation, but it may offer important advantages when selected for ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's tough economic climate is once again pushing businesses toward rescue or liquidation. Yet one of their most valuable assets – intellectual property (IP) – is routinely overlooked in both processes. This is a theme we first explored in a 2020 article, "Business rescue and liquidation have consequences for intellectual property." Six years on, the question is more pressing than ever. The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is seeing an increase in IP development, making it all the more important that businesses, practitioners and liquidators turn their minds to IP before it is too late.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has launched a market inquiry (the Inquiry) with the stated intention to investigate the impact of over-the-top services (OTTs) on licensees in the telecommunications, broadcasting and postal sectors.  The scope of the Inquiry is broad, and it could have significant implications for OTT service providers, telecommunications licensees and broadcasting licensees. For OTT service providers, the Inquiry raises the possibility of being ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It is tempting to think of sanctions primarily as instruments of foreign policy, or measures that belong in the realm of geopolitics rather than day-to-day commercial life. This view is misguided. For large corporates operating across multiple jurisdictions, sanctions have a direct and often disruptive operational impact. A vendor relationship that functions perfectly well one day can become untenable the next, not because of anything the parties have done but because of a regulatory development entirely outside their control. The position is further complicated by the lack of harmonisation across sanctions regimes. Sanctions in the United State (US), European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) differ in scope, drafting, and enforcement and parties operating across multiple markets must navigate all of them simultaneously, often with limited guidance on how those regimes interact.]]></description>
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            <title>Location is not a luxury: The Constitutional Court rewrites the rules on housing and spatial justice</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On 2 July 2026, the Constitutional Court affirmed the fundamental importance of location as an aspect of adequate housing, cementing the constitutional imperative to redress spatial apartheid in the landmark judgment of Adonisi and Others v Minister for Transport and Public Works and Others, Western Cape (Adonisi).  The case centred on the Western Cape Province’s disposal of what is colloquially known as the Tafelberg property, situated in Sea Point. Although the dispute had its genesis in the sale of a specific site, the judgment has profound implications for the future of housing policy and the disposal of state land across South Africa. It signals, unambiguously, that the Constitution demands more than the provision of housing, it demands that housing be in the right place.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[When Webber Wentzel published its Virtual Assets Regulation Across Africa guide, the continent's regulatory landscape was still taking shape. While many jurisdictions had begun considering how to regulate crypto assets, legislative frameworks remained fragmented and, in some cases, uncertain. Since then, several jurisdictions have made meaningful progress. Some have refined existing regulatory frameworks, while others have introduced entirely new regimes designed specifically for virtual ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[For over a decade, the question of whether South Africa's competition authorities have the power to prosecute foreign companies for alleged anticompetitive conduct occurring entirely offshore remained contentious. The Constitutional Court has answered this in a unanimous judgment by Judge Owen Rogers, handed down on 30 June 2026. The ruling resolves jurisdictional disputes that lay at the heart of South Africa's longest-running competition enforcement saga, the forex cartel case, which began in ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Imagine a South African cannabis sector in which the law is not a maze but a map. A cultivator knows whether cultivation is for private use, hemp, medicine, industrial processing or export. A patient can access safe, tested products through an appropriate medical route. Adults, where the law permits access beyond private use, can do so through a transparent and properly controlled mechanism. Rural and legacy communities can participate in lawful value chains on terms that recognise their ...]]></description>
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